Pilot

Pilot: the innovation process

There are numerous excellent books and guides on innovation, on creative thinking, idea generation, brainstorming, lateral thinking and so much else. But where do you start?

At passionateinnovation we have developed an easy-to-follow process covering all of this that is both relevant and simple to remember - PILOT. You can follow PILOT yourself or use an experienced facilitator to inspire your team.

The PILOT innovation process is simple and easy to remember.

P - Pursue the Problem

I - Input Ideas

L - Locate the Likely

O - Open to the Outside

T - Test and Trial

The first parts of the innovation process are to dissect the problem (P) and generate lots of ideas (I). Too many people jump straight to the really fun part of generating ideas when it is vital to think more about the stated problem and dissect it into a number of parts or areas. This gives much better focus to the idea generation phase.

Once your group has perhaps a hundred or so ideas identified, you now need to locate (L) the best ones. You cannot discuss all the ideas (in fact you should not) but, with this process, you can select the best to pursue further.

Now, importantly, before rushing off to implement your greatest idea, check it out with a few people outside (O) your group, your department, your company, your country and so on. And even then, mock it up, test it (T) and trial it before launching on the world. PILOT your innovation. It's an exhilarating but risky business!

Passionate Innovation

Innovation is the process of creating good ideas and putting them into practice to grow your business ahead of the competition. It's quite a journey - but it always starts with new thinking and new ideas.

Atpassionateinnovationwe believe that by working together with otherseveryone can think wider, can share further and can achieve amazing things. It's not just the leader who should be having new ideas but the whole team.

We bring diverse people together (both inside and outside your organisation) and help them to connect, think and act. We inspire dreams. We give serendipity a chance!

We develop your people to action new ideas, to open minds, to ignite team collaboration and to build an ongoing and exciting innovation culture into your organisation.